EP3204714A4 - Baffled-tube ram accelerator - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3204714A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: baffled; ram accelerator; tube ram; tube; accelerator
Prior art date: 2014-10-08
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EP15849327.0A

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EP3204714A2 (en

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Carl Knowlen

Adam P. Bruckner

Andrew J. Higgins

Viggo Hansen

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University of Washington

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University of Washington

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2014-10-08

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2015-10-07

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2018-09-26

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2017-08-16 Publication of EP3204714A2 publication Critical patent/EP3204714A2/en

2018-09-26 Publication of EP3204714A4 publication Critical patent/EP3204714A4/en

2022-12-14 Application granted granted Critical

2022-12-14 Publication of EP3204714B1 publication Critical patent/EP3204714B1/en

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2035-10-07 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A1/00—Missile propulsion characterised by the use of explosive or combustible propellant charges
- F41A1/02—Hypervelocity missile propulsion using successive means for increasing the propulsive force, e.g. using successively initiated propellant charges arranged along the barrel length; Multistage missile propulsion
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
- F41F1/00—Launching apparatus for projecting projectiles or missiles from barrels, e.g. cannons; Harpoon guns
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
- F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
- Y02P10/25—Process efficiency

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US201462061542P	2014-10-08	2014-10-08
PCT/US2015/054545 WO2016057707A2 (en)	2014-10-08	2015-10-07	Baffled-tube ram accelerator

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EP3204714A4 true EP3204714A4 (en)	2018-09-26
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